http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adult-film-producer-convicted-in-obscenity-trial/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adult-film-producer-convicted-in-obscenity-trial/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:07:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132420 AP: An adult film producer was convicted Friday of violating federal obscenity laws by selling movies depicting bestiality and extreme fetishes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adult-film-producer-convicted-in-obscenity-trial/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/mitt-romney-asked-to-enforce-federal-pornography-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/mitt-romney-asked-to-enforce-federal-pornography-laws/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:41:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129215 Christian Newswire: On the heels of former Senator Rick Santorum publicly pledging to 'vigorously enforce the nation's adult obscenity laws,' and with last year's Congressional bipartisan support to do the same, Governor Romney is being asked to outline his plan to enforce federal laws. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/mitt-romney-asked-to-enforce-federal-pornography-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/santorum-promises-obscenity-enforcement-crackdown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/santorum-promises-obscenity-enforcement-crackdown/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:51:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128847 Daily Caller: Santorum says in a statement posted to his website, “The Obama Administration has turned a blind eye to those who wish to preserve our culture from the scourge of pornography and has refused to enforce obscenity laws.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/santorum-promises-obscenity-enforcement-crackdown/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/arizona-debates-legislation-on-classroom-obscenitiy-political-discrimination-inside-higher-ed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/arizona-debates-legislation-on-classroom-obscenitiy-political-discrimination-inside-higher-ed/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:47:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125354 Inside Higher Ed: But a lawyer at the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian group working to defend religious freedom in colleges, said Forese's bill is necessary and that discrimination against Christian academics is real. “This type of legislation is sorely needed,” said ADF senior counsel David Cortman in an e-mail message to Inside Higher Ed. “When you compare the lopsided number of liberal professors to those who are conservative, there certainly is a crisis of one-sided views being taught to the next generation. Public universities are no longer the marketplace of ideas, but rather have become storefronts of indoctrination." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/arizona-debates-legislation-on-classroom-obscenitiy-political-discrimination-inside-higher-ed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/3-candidates-pledge-to-enforce-obscenity-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/3-candidates-pledge-to-enforce-obscenity-law/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:43:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=122453 Baptist Press: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have each told Morality in Media (MIM) his administration would prosecute violations of the bans on hardcore pornography, the anti-porn organization reported Monday (Jan. 9). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/09/3-candidates-pledge-to-enforce-obscenity-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/morality-in-media-calls-for-federal-investigation-of-icm-registry-and-all-involved-in-xxx-domain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/morality-in-media-calls-for-federal-investigation-of-icm-registry-and-all-involved-in-xxx-domain/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:59:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120166 Christian Newswire: News that the .XXX Domain is going live today caused Morality in Media to call for an investigation of ICM Registry, the company behind the .XXX Domain, for possible violations of federal laws prohibiting distribution of hard-core obscene Internet pornography. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/morality-in-media-calls-for-federal-investigation-of-icm-registry-and-all-involved-in-xxx-domain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/simpson-files-police-complaint-against-anti-homophobia-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/simpson-files-police-complaint-against-anti-homophobia-program/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:38:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113578 Xtra Canada's Gay and Lesbian News: Conservative radio host Kari Simpson has filed a police complaint against Out in Schools, an anti-homophobia program, alleging there are “serious and possibly criminal activities involved with this program.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/15/simpson-files-police-complaint-against-anti-homophobia-program/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/cal-thomas-justices-don%e2%80%99t-live-in-the-real-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/cal-thomas-justices-don%e2%80%99t-live-in-the-real-world/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:26:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107579 MiamiHerald.com: Intellectually, I understand the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision that the First Amendment protects the most violent of video games. Experientially, I don’t. It’s fine for the majority to say parents have ultimate control over what their children see, but how many members of the Supreme Court have experienced “real” life? . . Justices live in an unreal world. They have little experience with cyberspace and violent video games . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/cal-thomas-justices-don%e2%80%99t-live-in-the-real-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/terence-p-jeffrey-scalias-stupid-decision/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/terence-p-jeffrey-scalias-stupid-decision/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:13:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107562 Townhall: "The practice and beliefs of the founding generation establish that 'the freedom of speech,' as originally understood, does not include a right to speak to minors (or a right of minors to access speech) without going through the minors' parents or guardians," wrote Thomas. But Thomas was a dissenter. Justice Antonin Scalia -- a conservative -- wrote the majority opinion in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/terence-p-jeffrey-scalias-stupid-decision/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/hadley-arkes-that%e2%80%99s-entertainment-free-speech-and-the-moral-regulation-of-the-arts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/hadley-arkes-that%e2%80%99s-entertainment-free-speech-and-the-moral-regulation-of-the-arts/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:39:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107546 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/hadley-arkes-that%e2%80%99s-entertainment-free-speech-and-the-moral-regulation-of-the-arts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/eric-holder-accused-of-neglecting-porn-fight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/eric-holder-accused-of-neglecting-porn-fight/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:00:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101383 Politico: The catalyst for a renewed fight over pornography is a recent, little-noticed move by Attorney General Eric Holder to shutter the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force, a special Justice Department unit set up during the Bush administration under pressure from conservatives upset about the proliferation of obscene material on the Internet. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/18/eric-holder-accused-of-neglecting-porn-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/more-than-100-members-of-congress-urge-ag-to-enforce-obscenity-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/more-than-100-members-of-congress-urge-ag-to-enforce-obscenity-laws/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:48:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100206 The War on Illegal Pornography announced today that more than 100 U.S. Senate and House Members, including nine Senate Judiciary Committee Members, have [signed letters] addressed to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI vigorously prosecute major producers and distributors of illegal adult pornography." . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/05/more-than-100-members-of-congress-urge-ag-to-enforce-obscenity-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/more-child-porn-cases-less-law-enforcement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/more-child-porn-cases-less-law-enforcement/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:40:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95577 One News Now: "Phil Burress, president of Citizens for Community Values (CCV), says child pornography and sexual abuse of children has escalated in the last 20 to 25 years. However, the federal government and the Justice Department have refused to crack down on hardcore pornography, he argues." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/15/more-child-porn-cases-less-law-enforcement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/ongoing-push-for-obscenity-law-enforcement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/ongoing-push-for-obscenity-law-enforcement/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:20:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95407 One News Now: "Several members of the House and Senate, including Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Mike McIntyre (D-North Carolina) and Randy Forbes (R-Virginia), have written their colleagues, asking them to join in the effort to pressure the agency and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to launch prosecution efforts. Pat Trueman of PornHarms.com tells OneNewsNow that new laws are not needed, but enforcement of the existing ones is vital." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/14/ongoing-push-for-obscenity-law-enforcement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/10/no-new-federal-indictments-for-illegal-adult-porn-in-two-years/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/10/no-new-federal-indictments-for-illegal-adult-porn-in-two-years/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:40:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95095 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/10/no-new-federal-indictments-for-illegal-adult-porn-in-two-years/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/author-of-pedophilia-guide-on-his-way-to-fla-jail/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/author-of-pedophilia-guide-on-his-way-to-fla-jail/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:28:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88035 Breitbart: "Phillip Greaves of Pueblo, Colo., will be booked into the Polk County jail Tuesday. Officials say his first court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/21/author-of-pedophilia-guide-on-his-way-to-fla-jail/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/new-york-times-video-games-and-the-first-amendment/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/new-york-times-video-games-and-the-first-amendment/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:10:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81811 New York Times Editorial: "If the Supreme Court renders justice in a case it heard this month, Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, it will strike down a California law barring the sale or rental of violent video games to anyone under 18. That would end a violation of free expression — but not prevent the states from finding other ways to support parents who do not want their children to play violent games." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/new-york-times-video-games-and-the-first-amendment/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/how-obscene-is-video-game-violence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/how-obscene-is-video-game-violence/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:11:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81734 USA Today: "Expanding the obscenity umbrella would have a dramatic impact on America's popular culture. Highly violent films or television programs without a hint of nudity or sexual content could potentially lose First Amendment protection. And if we decide that some ideas are so horrendous that they can be added to the obscene list, how can we ever put a cap on government intrusion?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/how-obscene-is-video-game-violence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/law-review-comparative-legal-approaches-to-pornographic-obscenity-by-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/law-review-comparative-legal-approaches-to-pornographic-obscenity-by-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:29:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79519 Two Nations, One Web: Comparative Legal Approaches to Pornographic Obscenity by the United States and the United Kingdom William T. Goldberg, 90 B.U. L. Rev. 2121 (2010) "Modern American obscenity law has developed over a period of approximately fifty years. The foundation of the law is built around a single test, the 'community standards test,' which tasks a trier of fact with gauging whether given materials would be considered obscene by the standards of the average member of the community in which they are made available. If that trier of fact deems those materials obscene, then the producer or distributor of such materials may face fines or imprisonment. The application of the community standards test has been refined, but never fully clarified. Thus, questions debated at the test's first official implementation by the Supreme Court in the 1950s are still in question today: What types of materials actually fall within the scope of obscenity? What is the proper definition of the 'community' from which we should draw our standards? What role should individual privacy rights play? How do political pressures impact the application of obscenity laws? More recently, how should this standard apply following technological advances, like the internet, which have expanded the volume and variety of potential obscenity available in any given place at any given moment? This Note examines the underlying issues in U.S. obscenity law that raise these questions, yet primarily focuses on the impact of the internet on modern obscenity law in the United States and the United Kingdom. Part One examines these basic questions and explores their complexities. Part Two introduces and examines recent changes in U.K. law that address many of these same questions. Effective in 2009, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 sharpened the United Kingdom's definition of obscenity by imposing a strict liability offense for possession of 'extreme pornography.' Until this change, U.K. and U.S. obscenity laws were very similar, but this new Act imposes greater individual responsibility on consumers of such depictions, and also provides a far more precise definition of the prohibited materials. Part Three attempts to reconcile the tensions in U.S. law with the changes in U.K. law. The discussion focuses on the divergence in the laws and the consequence, if any, such divergence could, or should, have on American obscenity law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/law-review-comparative-legal-approaches-to-pornographic-obscenity-by-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/judge-enjoins-new-mass-obscenity-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/judge-enjoins-new-mass-obscenity-law/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:23:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78836 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/27/judge-enjoins-new-mass-obscenity-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/groups-challenge-expanded-mass-obscenity-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/groups-challenge-expanded-mass-obscenity-law/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:48:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77118 Associated Press: "A coalition of booksellers and Internet content providers will ask a judge to stop Massachusetts from enforcing an expansion of state obscenity law to include electronic communications that may be harmful to minors." Complaint: American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, et. al. v. Coakley, No. 10-11165 (D. Mass.) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/19/groups-challenge-expanded-mass-obscenity-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/arkansas-jury-clears-sexually-oriented-business-of-charges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/arkansas-jury-clears-sexually-oriented-business-of-charges/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:44:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71627 KATV: "The trial of two men and their corporation accused of promoting obscene material ended in a not guilty verdict late Friday night at the St. Francis County Courthouse . . . The brothers and J&W Investments, Inc., were charged in November of 2008 with two counts of selling or promoting obscene materials after confidential informants with the sheriff's department purchased movies from Adult World locations on Hwy. 38 near Interstate 40 at Widener." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/09/arkansas-jury-clears-sexually-oriented-business-of-charges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/just-29-say-fcc-does-a-good-job-regulating-profanity-sexual-content-and-violence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/just-29-say-fcc-does-a-good-job-regulating-profanity-sexual-content-and-violence/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:08:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67385 Rasmussen Reports: "A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 29% of Adults say the FCC is doing a good or excellent job regulating profanity, sexual content and violence on television and radio. Twenty-eight percent (28%) feel the FCC is doing a poor job monitoring content." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/04/just-29-say-fcc-does-a-good-job-regulating-profanity-sexual-content-and-violence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/u-s-ag-needs-broader-effort-to-stop-child-porn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/u-s-ag-needs-broader-effort-to-stop-child-porn/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:13:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67229 Press Release from Patrick A. Trueman at PornHarms.com: 'Attorney General Holder would be well advised, however, to also vigorously prosecute illegal adult pornography and not just child pornography, Trueman urged. 'This would prevent many from ever getting involved with child pornography because many child pornographers today are not pedophiles and likely did not have a natural attraction to child pornography prior to their involvement with pornography. Rather they began with adult pornography but moved to harder and more deviant material and eventually to child pornography to maintain their sexual excitement,' he added." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/03/u-s-ag-needs-broader-effort-to-stop-child-porn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/if-jacob-sullum-is-right-then-inability-to-precisely-define-indecent-and-obscene-means-anything-can-air-during-tv-family-hour/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/if-jacob-sullum-is-right-then-inability-to-precisely-define-indecent-and-obscene-means-anything-can-air-during-tv-family-hour/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:40:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66495 ChristianNewsWire: "I wouldn't dispute Mr. Sullum's observation that the FCC's current guidelines for enforcing the broadcast indecency law are 'muddled.' He might have added that the guidelines have become muddled in good part because of court decisions. But do broadcasters really need additional guidance to determine which indecent words they can air in the presence of children and how often?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/if-jacob-sullum-is-right-then-inability-to-precisely-define-indecent-and-obscene-means-anything-can-air-during-tv-family-hour/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/law-review-how-google-searches-can-illuminate-millers-contemporary-community-standards/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/law-review-how-google-searches-can-illuminate-millers-contemporary-community-standards/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:30:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66209 Defending Against a Charge of Obscenity in the Internet Age: How Google Searches Can Illuminate Miller's "Contemporary Community Standards" Shannon Creasy, 26 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1029 (2010) "Whether Miller's contemporary community standards test should be completely abandoned has been the subject of much debate and falls outside the scope of this work. To date, most governmental attempts at Internet regulation have been aimed at protecting children from online pornography, which is another issue that falls outside the scope of this work. This Note will, however, explore the challenges the courts have encountered when applying the community standards test, the ways in which both parties have attempted to shed light on Miller's requirements, and how courts can simplify this process by allowing Internet search engine data to be introduced as evidence of the community's values. To that end, Part I traces the history of obscenity law in the United States up to the current Miller test. Part II examines the application of the Miller test, analyzing the challenges involved in defining the community and the difficulties defendants face when trying to prove the standard with various types of evidence. Finally, Part III argues in favor of more clearly identifying the relevant community and, under any definition of community, allowing Google searches (and other search engine data) to be admitted as evidence to establish the values of that community." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/law-review-how-google-searches-can-illuminate-millers-contemporary-community-standards/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/u-s-district-judge-drops-porn-charges-against-video-producer-john-a-stagliano/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/u-s-district-judge-drops-porn-charges-against-video-producer-john-a-stagliano/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:21:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/u-s-district-judge-drops-porn-charges-against-video-producer-john-a-stagliano/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/u-s-district-judge-drops-porn-charges-against-video-producer-john-a-stagliano/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/16/attorney-obscenity-case-critical/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/16/attorney-obscenity-case-critical/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:02:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/16/attorney-obscenity-case-critical/ One News Now: "A major pornography trial involving an adult film producer who has criticized the prosecution of obscenity cases is under way in Washington, DC. Pat Trueman, special counsel to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and former chief prosecutor of Department of Justice obscenity cases, tells OneNewsNow the case is a holdover from the Bush administration . . . 'Any obscenity case is critical because it's going to send a signal on whether or not these cases are winnable,' Trueman notes. 'So far in the whole history of the Department of Justice, virtually every case has been won.' . . . "But believe me, if it isn't, the pornography industry and some in government will cheer that the case is lost," he adds. The ADF special counsel, who recently launched the website PornHarms.com . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/16/attorney-obscenity-case-critical/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/13/porn-producer-fighting-rare-obscenity-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/13/porn-producer-fighting-rare-obscenity-case/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:33:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/13/porn-producer-fighting-rare-obscenity-case/ National Law Journal (Law.com): "At the annual Adult Video News Awards in Las Vegas in January 2008, Stagliano produced an erotic dance that his lawyers say condemned criminalizing erotic images and warned of government monitoring of private use of the Internet. Now, Stagliano is just trying to stay out of prison. Stagliano and two of his companies were indicted in federal district court in Washington in April 2008 on seven counts of distributing obscene, sexually graphic videos that U.S. Justice Department prosecutors allege have no artistic or scientific value and cut against the community standard of what is acceptable. He faces up to 32 years behind bars if convicted . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/13/porn-producer-fighting-rare-obscenity-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/capitol-hill-briefing-assesses-far-reaching-consequences-of-pornography/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/capitol-hill-briefing-assesses-far-reaching-consequences-of-pornography/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:50:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/capitol-hill-briefing-assesses-far-reaching-consequences-of-pornography/ The Georgia Bulletin (CNS): "The briefing, 'Pornography Harms: What Congress Can Do to Enforce Existing Laws,' was led by Patrick Trueman, a former chief of the U.S. Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section ... During his presentation, Trueman spoke about an argument used by some that fighting pornography limits the adult entertainment industry's constitutional right of free speech." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/07/capitol-hill-briefing-assesses-far-reaching-consequences-of-pornography/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/s-c-dems-ask-senate-nominee-to-withdraw-after-felony-obscenity-charge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/s-c-dems-ask-senate-nominee-to-withdraw-after-felony-obscenity-charge/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:12:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/s-c-dems-ask-senate-nominee-to-withdraw-after-felony-obscenity-charge/ The Hill: "Less than 24 hours after Alvin Greene’s surprise win in the South Carolina Democratic Senate primary, the state party has asked him to withdraw from the race because of a pending felony charge." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/10/s-c-dems-ask-senate-nominee-to-withdraw-after-felony-obscenity-charge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/surprise-sc-senate-candidate-has-charge-pending-obscenity/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/surprise-sc-senate-candidate-has-charge-pending-obscenity/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:05:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/surprise-sc-senate-candidate-has-charge-pending-obscenity/ AP: "South Carolina's surprise Democratic nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is facing a pending felony charge. Court records show 32-year-old Alvin Greene was arrested in November and charged with showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student. The felony charge carries up to five years in prison . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/surprise-sc-senate-candidate-has-charge-pending-obscenity/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/hatch-says-feds-should-expand-porn-prosecutions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/hatch-says-feds-should-expand-porn-prosecutions/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:17:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/hatch-says-feds-should-expand-porn-prosecutions/ Salt Lake Tribune: "Diane Duke, executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a group created by the adult entertainment industry, also made the case that pornography has become more acceptable over time. 'Prosecutors are less enthusiastic about prosecuting for obscenity because they realize that our society is becoming more supportive of adults rights to be adults and to access adult materials,' she said. Robert Peters from Morality in Media says federal agencies are to be commended for going after online sexual exploitation of children, but adds they 'have for the most part turned a blind eye towards the explosion of hard-core adult pornography on the Internet and elsewhere.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/hatch-says-feds-should-expand-porn-prosecutions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/sen-orrin-hatch-demands-answers-on-obscenity-prosecutions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/sen-orrin-hatch-demands-answers-on-obscenity-prosecutions/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:59:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58251 CitizenLink: "In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, asked Attorney General Eric Holder about his policy of enforcing federal obscenity laws. Under Holder's leadership, prosecutions have stalled . . . Patrick Trueman, former head of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the DOJ, said he's not aware of what the First Amendment considerations are, but he'll continue to keep up the pressure." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/sen-orrin-hatch-demands-answers-on-obscenity-prosecutions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/sen-hatch-questions-ag-on-obscenity-enforcement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/sen-hatch-questions-ag-on-obscenity-enforcement/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:53:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/14/sen-hatch-questions-ag-on-obscenity-enforcement/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/14/sen-hatch-questions-ag-on-obscenity-enforcement/feed/ 0